Interested parents are invited to an information session about the new Year 8 Curricular Gifted Programs on Wednesday 20 June from 5.30pm at the Performing Arts Centre Theatrette. Specific reference will be made to the Telescoped Maths, SOSE Enrichment and Science Enrichment programs. Additional information about the direction of Gifted Education will be included. After the session tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available alongside the opportunity to meet with...

We are supporting a number of students whose sleep is being significantly reduced by the accessing of technology throughout the night. In some cases, students are receiving messages into the early hours of the morning. We know that disruption to sleep has a negative impact in all areas of a students’ life: their mood and mental health, physical and emotional development and their ability to learn. I strongly urge parents to take steps to ensure that devices are not...

Over the last week, Sothika, who is part of the College’s Work and Welcome program for refugees, has been working in Textiles and Hospitality. Sothika is studying to be a teacher aide. Not only has she been a great help to the teachers and students, she also taught a Year 9 Food lesson about how to cook naan bread. Students and Mr O'Hara enjoyed learning how to make this popular food!

It’s time to start thinking about your holiday reading. We are now loaning out holiday fiction. Non-fiction loans will be available soon. Remember we also have a selection of eBooks available 24/7. Check out our eBook web page. New releases include: Gathering Blue (Volume 2 from the Giver Quartet series); The Burning Maze (Volume 3 of the Trials of Apollo series); War Storm (Volume 4 from the Red Queen series); Court of Fives...

Last Friday, St Peters students attended The Luminous Lantern Parade, a bright and colourful parade that pays tribute to multicultural Queensland by welcoming new Australians. Each year, this event attracts thousands of people to South Bank with its large, glowing interpretations of iconic animals, locations and characters. Some of the lanterns took on the shapes of koalas, elephants and jelly fish!

At last weekend’s Contemporary Ensembles Concert, a supportive audience enjoyed a wide variety of music, including pieces such as ‘Rock the Casbah’ (The Clash), ‘Count on M’e (Bruno Mars) and ‘Africa’ (Toto). The concert featured performances by Saints & Singers, Just Electric Rock Band, Cantique, Guitar Ensembles, Junior High Songmakers, Jazz Combo and Senior Percussion Ensemble. Well done to all students involved! It was a very entertaining afternoon of music!

Jive Into June will take place on Friday 15 June from 7.00pm at Café 45. Join us for a night of food, fun, dance and laughter whilst being entertained by the Jazz Combo; Junior, Intermediate and Senior Stage Bands; and guest performers, 'The Late Shift Big Band', with their lead singer and Old Scholar, Molly Jackson. What a great way to celebrate the beginning of the holidays! Jive into June is a social night for the whole family and a major fundraising night for the...

St Peters’ very own percussion tutor, Kerry Jacobson, is in Sydney rehearsing with Ian Moss for their upcoming national tour to celebrate the release of their latest album, simply titled ‘Ian Moss’. Kerry has been Ian’s drummer of choice since the early 90s, when the band toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland to debut the famed ‘Matchbook’ album, which included hits like ‘Out of The Fire’ and ‘Tuckers Daughter’. The upcoming tour will include two nights at the Tivoli in...

On Tuesday 19 June, Bella Voce and Forte Voce will perform at the inaugural Combined Lutheran Upper Primary schools ‘Joyful Voices Choral Festival’. This year’s festival will combine Upper Primary choirs from Pimpama Lutheran Ormeau Rivers District School, Redeemer Lutheran College, Bethania Lutheran School, and St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly and Springfield. Approximately 220 students will sing together, which will certainly be a spectacular sound...